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How to say small tasks piling up when you put them off
in Thai
ดินพอกหางหมู
din pâawk hǎang mǔu
small tasks piling up when you put them off
din midpâawk fallinghǎang risingmǔu rising
The procrastinator's idiom.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- mud piling up on a pig's tail
In a sentence
- งานดินพอกหางหมูแล้วngaan din pâawk hǎang mǔu láeoThe work has piled up because I kept putting it off.
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